Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aipc.1158..149o&link_type=abstract
EXOPLANETS AND DISKS: THEIR FORMATION AND DIVERSITY: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, V
Computer Science
Interplanetary Dust And Gas, General, Solar Nebula, Cosmogony, Aggregation
Scientific paper
Mutual sticking of dust aggregates is the first step toward planetesimal formation in protoplanetary disks. Despite the fact that the electric charging of dust particles is well-recognized in some contexts, it has been largely ignored in the current modeling of dust coagulation. In this study, we present a general analysis of the dust charge state in protoplanetary disks, and then demonstrate how the electric charging could dramatically change the currently accepted scenario of dust coagulation. First, we describe a new semianalytical method to calculate the dust charge state and gas ionization state self-consistently. Second, we apply this analysis to compute the collisional cross-section of growing aggregates taking their charging into account. As an illustrative example, we focus on early evolutionary stages where the dust has been thought to undergo ballistic cluster-cluster aggregation (BCCA). We find that, for a wide range of model parameters, the BCCA growth is strongly inhibited by the electric repulsion between colliding aggregates and eventually ``freezes out.''
Okuzumi Satoshi
Sakagami Masa'aki
Tanaka Hidekazu
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